very interesting @jerrybanfield 239 votes and only 2 replies. I haven't seen any evidence that more than 3 people (including) me actually read the articles - and I agree with you. Science has been used as a brute force stick to stifle inquiry and most people don't really understand the difference between what constitutes evidence and proof anyway or the subtle difference between subjective and objective. Science did a good job of wiping out thousands of years of superstition and make believe, but it also inadvertently kill of most inquiry into any and all preternatural, or paranormal matters. As you'll know, (my true account of a poltergeist experience) submitted to your paranormal story contest is just anecdotal evidence. It was also witnessed by multiple persons, so becomes a vessel which reliably holds more water.
There's no proof of a subjective experience but therein lies one of the fundamental problems with all non material experiences.. they generally don't leave much of a physical trace and so can easily be labeled as entirely imagined. This leads me to question the extent of our understanding of what reality really is. If we can ignore collective, empirical evidence of precognition, telepathy, OOBE's and a hundred other (probably quantum and dimensional anomalies) well documented over hundreds of years, then how can we say with any real conviction that we know what is and what isn't real ? I've had dreams which come true. often quite mundane but sometimes quite extraordinary. Try telling me that my mind hasn't experienced a timeline outside of the ordinary constraints of reality! I made my own conclusion that my sleeping mind had travelled into the future.
in regards to UFO's a good friend of mine Gary Heseltine who is a retired Police officer in the UK force, reckons he could win a court case on the purported existence of UFO's with the mountain of evidence available.
He is an interesting person to listen to. As a trained detective with many years experience he has a formidable skill set for investigating such ephemeral matters. He also ran PRUFOS which details many sightings of UFO's by police officers over many years, often corroborate my multiple witnesses. check him out, he gave testimony at the Citizens Hearing in 2013
apologies for hogging the thread.. It just caught my eye !
make that THREE people who read this ;-)